BILL NUMBER: AB 2059	CHAPTERED  09/26/00

	CHAPTER   633
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 24, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 22, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 14, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 27, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Vincent
   (Principal coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist and Washington)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Correa and Pescetti)
   (Coauthor:  Senator Ortiz)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2000

   An act to add Section 832.25 to the Penal Code, relating to peace
officers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2059, Vincent.  Peace officers:  welfare fraud investigators.
   (1) Existing law provides that welfare fraud investigators and
inspectors are peace officers whose authority extends to any place in
the state for the purpose of performing their primary duty and other
specified situations.  Existing law generally provides that every
peace officer shall satisfactorily complete an introductory course of
training approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and
Training prior to exercising the powers of a peace officer.
   This bill would require that all welfare fraud investigators or
inspectors appointed as peace officers on or after January 1, 2001,
attend and complete a specialized investigators basic course approved
by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within one
year of being hired, provided that welfare fraud investigators and
inspectors appointed prior to January 1, 2001, who have been
continuously employed in that capacity prior to January 1, 2001, by
the county that made the appointment, or who have successfully
completed the basic peace officer course within 3 years prior to
appointment, or who possess a basic peace officer course certificate,
would not be required to attend and complete this training.  By
imposing additional training costs on local agencies, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund
to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide
and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed
$1,000,000.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 832.25 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   832.25.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
welfare fraud investigators or inspectors who are appointed as peace
officers pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 830.35 on or after
January 1, 2001, shall attend and complete a specialized
investigators basic course approved by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training within one year of being hired as a
welfare investigator or inspector.  Any welfare fraud investigator or
inspector appointed prior to January 1, 2001, shall not be required
to attend and complete the training required by this section,
provided that he or she has been continuously employed in that
capacity prior to January 1, 2001, by the county that made the
appointment.
   (b) Any investigator or inspector who possesses a valid basic
peace officer certificate as awarded by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training or who has successfully completed the
regular basic course certified by the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training basic course within three years prior to
appointment shall be exempt from the training requirements of
subdivision (a).
  SEC. 2.  Notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if
the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains
costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and
school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7
(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.  If the statewide cost of the claim for
reimbursement does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000),
reimbursement shall be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund.
